English … Phantom pair and score for bye

In an event with an odd number of pairs you have a so called phantom pair, which is the name of the non-existing pair.

When a pair meets the phantom pair they have a sit-out. This is referred to as a “”bye””. During the contest, every such bye is awarded a temporary percentage. The default setting is 60%, to avoid that the adjustment in the end affects the final ranking too much.

At the end of the contest, the temporary score for each pair is automatically adjusted to each pair’s recorded percentage on all the other boards.

There are settings that decide when the temporary score is adjusted or not. Score recaps (used in barometer after every round) do not have any adjustments while final results and internet reports do.

There is also a new setting, as of version 4.11, that allows you to never adjust any temporary scores. This means that in a team event you can have a fixed score of 12 VPs for the bye, no matter the outcome in the other matches.

The new setting also allows clubs to award a fixed percentage of 50% for the bye, which is sometimes a request. This is not quite in accordance with the bridge laws, but that is not always relevant compared to the simplicity of 50%.